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The Controversy over Marine Protected Areas : Science meets Policy (2015)
Book
Caveen, A., Polunin, N., Gray, T., & Stead, S. M. (2015). The Controversy over Marine Protected Areas : Science meets Policy. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10957-2

This book is a critical analysis of the concept of marine protected areas (MPAs) particularly as a tool for marine resource management. It explains the reasons for the extraordinary rise of MPAs to the top of the political agenda for marine policy, a... Read More about The Controversy over Marine Protected Areas : Science meets Policy.

Book reviews (2015)
Journal Article
Fry, J. (2015). Book reviews. Market technician : the journal of the Society of Technical Analysts, 79, 8-8

Book reviews (2015)
Journal Article
Fry, J. (2015). Book reviews. Market technician : the journal of the Society of Technical Analysts, 78, 6-7

Stroke rehabilitation using exoskeleton-based robotic exercisers: Mini review (2015)
Journal Article
Iqbal, J., & Baizid, K. (2015). Stroke rehabilitation using exoskeleton-based robotic exercisers: Mini review. Biomedical Research, 26(1), 197-201

Stroke is a debilitating disease that has afflicted millions of people throughout the world. Assisting physiotherapists in post-stroke activities to conduct rehabilitation therapies, scientific community has presented a new type of man-machine intell... Read More about Stroke rehabilitation using exoskeleton-based robotic exercisers: Mini review.

Towards sophisticated control of robotic manipulators: An experimental study on a pseudo-industrial arm (2015)
Journal Article
Iqbal, J., Imran Ullah, M., Khan, A. A., & Irfan, M. (2015). Towards sophisticated control of robotic manipulators: An experimental study on a pseudo-industrial arm. Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 61(7-8), 465-470. https://doi.org/10.5545/sv-jme.2015.2511

Robotic manipulators have reshaped industrial processes. The scientific community has witnessed an ever increasing trend in robots deployed to accomplish various tasks in industry. The complex nature and constrained requirements of robots may demand... Read More about Towards sophisticated control of robotic manipulators: An experimental study on a pseudo-industrial arm.

Czech puppet theatre in global contexts: roots, theories and encounters (2015)
Journal Article
Billing, C. M., & Drábek, P. (2015). Czech puppet theatre in global contexts: roots, theories and encounters. Theatralia, 5-31. https://doi.org/10.5817/ty2015-2-1

This article is both an introduction to this volume as well as to the rich and enchanting world of Czech puppet theatre, with its unique combination of transnational and geographically and cultural distinctive features. Pavel Drábek's essay, incorpor... Read More about Czech puppet theatre in global contexts: roots, theories and encounters.

Of Imprints and Metaphors: The Construction of Stubburn Bodies in the Science Fiction Film Chrysalis (2015)
Book Chapter
Ornella, A. (2015). Of Imprints and Metaphors: The Construction of Stubburn Bodies in the Science Fiction Film Chrysalis. In A. Ornella (Ed.), Making Humans: Religious, Technological, and Aesthetic Perspectives (209-230). Inter-Disciplinary Press

Making Humans: Religious, Technological, and Aesthetic Perspectives (2015)
Book
Ornella, A. D. (Ed.). (2015). Making Humans: Religious, Technological, and Aesthetic Perspectives. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press

Developing Exploration Concepts in Mexico (2015)
Other
Dowey, N., & Smyth, H. (2015). Developing Exploration Concepts in Mexico

Cognitive Distortions Questionnaire--Brazilian Portuguese Version (2015)
Other
Oliveira, I. R. D., Seixas, C., Osόrio, F. L., Crippa, J. A. S., Abreau, J. N. D., Menezes, I. G., Pidgeon, A., Sudak, D., & Wenzel, A. (2015). Cognitive Distortions Questionnaire--Brazilian Portuguese Version

The abolition of dual administration of NGOs in China: Imperatives and challenges (2015)
Journal Article
Yang, Y., Zhang, X., Tang, D., & Wilkinson, M. (2015). The abolition of dual administration of NGOs in China: Imperatives and challenges. International journal of social science and humanity, 5(6), 546-552. https://doi.org/10.7763/ijssh.2015.v5.515

The abolition of dual administration of NGOs in China has brought it with many challenges for development and governance of NGOs. In the context of China, the decisive role the government plays in NGOs development, which is criticized by many scholar... Read More about The abolition of dual administration of NGOs in China: Imperatives and challenges.

The transgressive potential of families in commercial homes (2015)
Book Chapter
Seymour, J. (2015). The transgressive potential of families in commercial homes. In Y. Taylor, & E. Casey (Eds.), Intimacies, Critical Consumption and Diverse Economies (107-125). Palgrave Macmillan UK

Children’s Spatialities: Embodiment, Emotion and Agency (2015)
Book
Seymour, J. (2015). A. Hackett, L. Procter, & J. Seymour (Eds.). Children’s Spatialities: Embodiment, Emotion and Agency. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137464989

Drawing from a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, architecture and geography, and international contributors, this volume offers both students and scholars with an interest in the interdisciplinary study of childhood a rang... Read More about Children’s Spatialities: Embodiment, Emotion and Agency.

'Yeah, they’ve started to get a bit fucking cocky’… Culture, economic change and shifting power relations within the Scottish lap-dancing industry (2015)
Journal Article
Lister, B. (2015). 'Yeah, they’ve started to get a bit fucking cocky’… Culture, economic change and shifting power relations within the Scottish lap-dancing industry. Graduate journal of social sciences, 11(2), 38-54

This article is informed by data taken from wider findings from a Ph.D study in which the author worked as a stripper in a lap-dancing venue in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and, at the time of writing, is home to... Read More about 'Yeah, they’ve started to get a bit fucking cocky’… Culture, economic change and shifting power relations within the Scottish lap-dancing industry.

Single women and credit – what you didn’t know about interest (2015)
Newspaper / Magazine
Spicksley, J. (2015). Single women and credit – what you didn’t know about interest

Breakbeat syncretism: The drum sample in African American popular music (2015)
Book Chapter
Oliver, R. (2015). Breakbeat syncretism: The drum sample in African American popular music. In J. Metcalf, & C. Spaulding (Eds.), African American Culture and Society After Rodney King: Provocations and Protests, Progression and 'Post-Racialism' (177-192). Ashgate

Rotoscoping uncanny bodies: Animation technology, animation aesthetics (2015)
Book Chapter
Davis, A. M. (2015). Rotoscoping uncanny bodies: Animation technology, animation aesthetics. In A. D. Ornella (Ed.), Making Humans: Religious, Technological and Aesthetic Perspectives (143-160). Inter-Disciplinary Press

The selected works of Margaret Oliphant, Part 5 Volume 20: Hester (2015)
Book
Sanders, V. (2015). V. Sanders (Ed.), The selected works of Margaret Oliphant, Part 5 Volume 20: Hester. Routledge

Margaret Oliphant (1828-97) had a prolific literary career that spanned almost fifty years. She wrote some 98 novels, fifty or more short stories, twenty-five works of non-fiction, including biographies and historic guides to European cities, and mor... Read More about The selected works of Margaret Oliphant, Part 5 Volume 20: Hester.

Are chimeras ‘natural’? Disgust, ethics and ‘nature’ (2015)
Book Chapter
Gonzalez-Arnal, S. (2015). Are chimeras ‘natural’? Disgust, ethics and ‘nature’. In A. D. Ornella (Ed.), Making Humans: Religious, Technological and Aesthetic Perspectives (107-127). Inter-Disciplinary Press

In this chapter I argue, against Mary Midgley, that the ‘yuk’ feeling that is elicited by chimeras should not be taken into account when making moral evaluations of the kind of biotechnology that creates them (‘algeny’, according to Midgley). She lin... Read More about Are chimeras ‘natural’? Disgust, ethics and ‘nature’.

Theories in selected academic fields: Auditing and governance (2015)
Book Chapter
Ahmad Khair, A. H. (2015). Theories in selected academic fields: Auditing and governance. In A. Idris, S. Moghavvemi, & G. Musa (Eds.), Selected theories in social science research. University of Malaya Press